Section 1 (1) definition of "group application" BEFORE amended by BC Reg 95/2016, effective April 20, 2016.

"group application" means an application by a group of up to 4 people who submit one application each, together in the same envelope, for a limited entry authorization for each person in the group;

Section 1 (1) definitions of "shared hunt" and "shared hunt application" BEFORE repealed by BC Reg 95/2016, effective April 20, 2016.

"shared hunt" means a group of up to 4 people who hunt together as a group, all of whom are named on each person's limited entry hunting authorization;

"shared hunt application" means an application by a group of up to 4 people who submit one application each, together in the same envelope, for a limited entry hunting authorization for a shared hunt;

Section 1 (1) definition of "shared limited entry hunting authorization" was added by BC Reg 95/2016, effective April 20, 2016.

Section 1 (1) definition of "full curl thinhorn ram mountain sheep" BEFORE amended by BC Reg 49/2017, effective March 1, 2017.

"full curl thinhorn ram mountain sheep" means any thinhorn ram mountain sheep that has attained the age of 8 years as evidenced by true horn annuli as determined by the regional manager or his designate, or whose horn tip, when viewed squarely from the side at right angles to the sagittal plane of the skull, extends dorsally beyond the nose bridge plane;

Section 1 (1) definition of "FWID number" BEFORE amended by BC Reg 127/2017, effective March 31, 2017.

"FWID number" has the same meaning as in the Hunting Licensing Regulation, B.C. Reg. 8/99;

Section 1 (1) definitions of "supervising hunter" and "youth hunting licence" were added by BC Reg 127/2017, effective March 31, 2017.

Section 1 (1) definitions of "adult grizzly bear", "fall grizzly bear hunt" and "spring grizzly bear hunt" BEFORE repealed by BC Reg 239/2017, effective December 18, 2017.

"adult grizzly bear" means a grizzly bear that is older than 2 years;

"fall grizzly bear hunt" means a season established under Schedule I for the hunting of grizzly bear which occurs during the period of July 1 in a calendar year to March 31 of the following calendar year;

"spring grizzly bear hunt" means a season established under Schedule I for the hunting of grizzly bear which occurs during the period of April 1 to June 30 in a calendar year;

Section 1 (1) definition of "hunting companion" was added by BC Reg 113/2018, effective June 13, 2018.

Section 1 (1) definition of "adult mountain goat" BEFORE amended by BC Reg 30/2020, effective February 21, 2020.

"adult mountain goat" means a mountain goat with horns that are greater than 76 mm in length;

Section 1 (1) definition of "kid" BEFORE repealed by BC Reg 30/2020, effective February 21, 2020.

"kid" means a mountain goat with horns that are 76 mm or less in length;

Section 1.1 was enacted by BC Reg 113/2018, effective June 13, 2018.

Section 2 BEFORE re-enacted by BC Reg 38/2013, effective April 1, 2013.

Section 2 (1) (b) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 78/2016, effective April 1, 2016.

(b) an Indian residing in British Columbia.

Section 2 (1.1) was added by BC Reg 78/2016, effective April 1, 2016.

Section 2 (1) (a) and (b) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 127/2017, effective March 31, 2017.

(a) a resident who holds a valid resident hunter number card, or

(b) an Indian residing in British Columbia who has been assigned a FWID number.

Section 2 (2) and (3) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 30/2020, effective February 21, 2020.

(2) A person is ineligible to obtain a limited entry hunting authorization for an item described in Schedule I as "Youth only" if his or her 18th birthday falls before August 1 of the year of the hunt.

(3) A person is ineligible to obtain a limited entry hunting authorization for an item described in Schedule I as "Senior only" if his or her 65th birthday falls after August 1 of the year of the hunt.

Section 2 (4) (a) and (b) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 30/2020, effective February 21, 2020.

(a) his or her 18th birthday falls before August 1 of the year of the hunt, or

(b) his or her 65th birthday falls after August 1 of the year of the hunt.

Section 2.1 was enacted by BC Reg 57/2018, effective April 1, 2018.

Section 3 (2) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 293/2012, effective October 5, 2012.

(2)  An applicant for the limited entry hunting authorization set out in items 1 and 2 of Schedule I must pay a surcharge of $10.00 payable to a special sheep and Roosevelt bull elk account established under the Habitat Conservation Trust Fund.

[am. B.C. Regs. 57/94, App. 2; 136/2000, s. 1 (a); 191/2002, s. 1; 87/2003; 169/2003, s. 1.]

Section 4 (3.2) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 77/2010, effective March 23, 2010.

(3.2)  Despite subsection (3), for mountain sheep, a person may submit a second application for a limited entry hunting authorization for the same calendar year, if

(a) the first application was for item 766 on Schedule I (Spatsizi M.U. 6-20 Zone A, Aug. 1-Oct. 26), and

(b) the person did not receive a limited entry hunting authorization for item 766 on Schedule I (Spatsizi M.U. 6-20 Zone A, Aug. 1-Oct. 26).

Section 4 (3.2) (a) to (f) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 293/2012, effective October 5, 2012.

(a) item 3 (Spatsizi M.U. 6-20 Zone A, Aug. 1-Oct. 15);

(b) item 4 (Mount Edziza MU 6-21 Zone A, Aug. 1-Oct. 15);

(c) item 5 (Atlin M.U. 6-25 Zone D, Aug. 1-Oct. 15);

(d) item 6 (Atlin M.U. 6-27 Zone A, Aug. 1-Oct. 15)

(e) item 7 (Tatshenshini M.U. 6-28, Aug. 1-Oct. 15);

(f) item 8 (Tatshenshini M.U. 6-29, Aug. 1-Oct. 15).

Section 4 (1) (h) BEFORE being repealed by BC Reg 39/2014, effective March 14, 2014.

(h) white tailed deer;

Section 4 (1) (part) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 95/2016, effective April 20, 2016.

(1) The following are species for which limited entry hunting authorization is required to hunt during the periods and in the areas established by Schedule I:

Section 4 (5) (b) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 95/2016, effective April 20, 2016.

(b) if an item in Schedule I provides an authorization to hunt more than one species, an application for a limited entry hunting authorization in relation to that item is to be considered as an application for each species authorized to be hunted by the item.

Section 4 (1) (c) BEFORE repealed by BC Reg 239/2017, effective December 18, 2017.

(c) grizzly bear;

Section 4 (3.1) BEFORE repealed by BC Reg 239/2017, effective December 18, 2017.

(3.1) Despite subsection (3), for grizzly bear, a person may submit a second application for a limited entry hunting authorization for the same calendar year, provided that

(a) the first application was for a spring grizzly bear hunt,

(b) the second application is for a fall grizzly bear hunt, and

(c) the person did not receive a limited entry hunting authorization for the spring grizzly bear hunt.

Section 4 (1) (l) and (m) were added by BC Reg 66/2018, effective April 11, 2018.

Section 4 (1) BEFORE repealed by BC Reg 113/2018, effective June 13, 2018.

(1) The following are species for which a limited entry hunting authorization is required to hunt during the periods and in the areas established by Schedule I:

(a) caribou;

(b) elk;

(c) Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 239/2017, App. 2, s. 2.]

(d) moose;

(e) mountain goat;

(f) mountain sheep;

(g) mule (black-tailed) deer;

(h) Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 39/2014, s. (a).]

(i) Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 169/2003, s. 2.]

(j) Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 166/2005, s. 1.]

(k) bison;

(l) black bear;

(m) turkey.

Section 4 (3) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 113/2018, effective June 13, 2018.

(3) For any one species referred to in subsection (1), a person must not submit an application for more than one limited entry hunting authorization for the same calendar year.

Section 4 (4.1) was added by BC Reg 113/2018, effective June 13, 2018.

Section 4.1 (1) and (3) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 293/2012, effective October 5, 2012.

(1)  A person who applies for the mountain sheep limited entry hunting authorization set out in item 1 of Schedule I or the elk limited entry hunting authorization set out in item 2 of Schedule I is exempt from section 4 (3) and (4) for that purpose.

(3)  Section 9 (5) does not apply to items 1 and 2 of Schedule I.

Section 4.1 (2.1) BEFORE repealed by BC Reg 293/2012, effective October 5, 2012.

(2.1)  A person who possesses a valid limited entry hunting authorization for elk set out in item 2 of Schedule I

(a) is exempt from section 9 (4) with respect to elk,

(b) does not commit an offence, despite section 15 (d) of the Hunting Licensing Regulation, B.C. Reg. 8/99, unless that person holds more than 2 current elk licences,

(c) is exempt from section 11 (1) (f) of the Hunting Regulation, B.C. Reg. 190/84,

(d) commits an offence if that person hunts or kills more than 2 elk in a calendar year, and

(e) commits an offence if that person holds more than one uncancelled elk licence.

Section 4.1 (2) (a) and (b) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 113/2018, effective June 13, 2018.

(a) is exempt from section 9 (4) with respect to mountain sheep,

(b) does not commit an offence, despite section 15 (i) of the Hunting Licensing Regulation, B.C. Reg. 8/99, unless that person holds more than 2 current mountain sheep licences,

Section 4.1 (2) (e) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 113/2018, effective June 13, 2018.

(e) commits an offence if that person holds more than one uncancelled mountain sheep licence.

Section 4.1 (3) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 113/2018, effective June 13, 2018.

(3) Section 9 (5) does not apply to item 1 of Schedule I.

Section 4.1 (4) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 113/2018, effective June 13, 2018.

(4) Despite section 6 (2), a person who possesses a valid limited entry hunting authorization for mountain sheep, as set out in Item 1 of Schedule I, may also hunt thinhorn mountain sheep in a region for 21 days prior to the start of the period set out for that region in column 4 of Schedule I and up to and including March 31.

Section 4.2 BEFORE re-enacted by BC Reg 95/2016, effective April 20, 2016.

Section 4.2 (1) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 127/2017, effective March 31, 2017.

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), applicants for a limited entry hunting authorization in relation to the same item of Schedule I may elect in their applications to form a group for the purpose of having their applications considered together as a group application.

Section 4.2 (3) (d) was added by BC Reg 66/2018, effective April 11, 2018.

Section 4.3 (3) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 39/2014, effective March 14, 2014.

(3) Despite section 4, a limited entry hunting authorization for a shared hunt may authorize a shared hunt only for moose, and only as specified in Schedule I.

Section 4.3 BEFORE re-enacted by BC Reg 95/2016, effective April 20, 2016.

Section 4.3 (1) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 127/2017, effective March 31, 2017.

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), applicants for a limited entry hunting authorization in relation to the same item of Schedule I may elect in their applications to form a group for the purpose of sharing a limited entry hunting authorization.

Section 4.4 (5) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 39/2014, effective March 14, 2014.

(5) A person commits an offence if the person hunts moose under the purported authority of a limited entry hunting authorization for a shared hunt, if the person does not have, for each member of the group named in the authorization, an up to date record in the harvest details part of their authorization of

(a) the date and time of the kill, and

(b) the name and hunter number of the person who killed the moose.

Section 4.4 (1), (2), (4) and (5) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 95/2016, effective April 20, 2016.

(1) Despite section 5, a limited entry hunting authorization for a shared hunt is valid for only the number and type of animal, the dates and the area specified in it.

(2) A person commits an offence if he or she continues to hunt in a shared hunt for the species and type of animal named in a limited entry hunting authorization after the first to occur of

(a) the person taking his or her bag limit, and

(b) the group taking the maximum number of animals specified in the authorization.

(4) A person who kills an animal named in the limited entry hunting authorization commits an offence if he or she does not report, without delay to every other person named in the authorization, the date and time of the kill and the name and hunter number of the person who killed the animal.

(5) A person commits an offence if the person hunts moose or bison under the purported authority of a limited entry hunting authorization for a shared hunt, if the person does not have, for each member of the group named in the authorization, an up to date record in the harvest details part of their authorization of

(a) the date and time of the kill, and

(b) the name and hunter number of the person who killed the moose or bison, as applicable.

Section 4.4 (5) (part) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 127/2017, effective March 31, 2017.

(5) A person who hunts under a shared limited entry hunting authorization commits an offence if the person does not have, for each animal killed under the shared limited entry hunting authorization by the person or another member of the group, a copy of that shared limited entry hunting authorization with an up to date record, in the harvest details part of that copy, of

Section 4.4 (2) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 30/2020, effective February 21, 2020.

(2) A person commits an offence if he or she continues to hunt under a shared limited entry hunting authorization after the first to occur of

(a) the person taking his or her bag limit, and

(b) the group taking the maximum number of animals specified in the shared limited entry hunting authorization.

Section 4.5 was enacted by BC Reg 57/2018, effective April 1, 2018.

Section 5 BEFORE amended by BC Reg 77/2010, effective March 23, 2010.

Section 6 (1) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 77/2010, effective March 23, 2010.

(1)  In an item of Schedule I, the area defined by columns 1, 2 and 3 is the area in which, during the period set out in column 4, the species of wildlife referred to in column 5 may be hunted, and a range of numbers showing the minimum to maximum number of authorizations that may be issued to residents to hunt that species in the area during the period is specified in column 6 for the same item.

Section 6 (1) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 95/2016, effective April 20, 2016.

(1) In an item of Schedule I, the area defined by columns 1, 2 and 3 is the area in which, during the period set out in column 4, the species of wildlife referred to in column 5 may be hunted, and a range of numbers showing the minimum to maximum number of authorizations that may be issued to residents to hunt those species in the area during the period is specified in column 6 for the same item.

Section 6 BEFORE repealed by BC Reg 113/2018, effective June 13, 2018.

Section 7 (b) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 223/2013, effective November 5, 2013.

(b) must be distributed among the applicants by means of a lottery, so arranged that it distributes the authorizations among the applicants by chance.

Section 7 (b) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 95/2016, effective April 20, 2016.

(b) subject to section 8.1, must be distributed among the applicants by means of a lottery, so arranged that it distributes the authorizations among the applicants by chance.

Section 7 BEFORE amended by BC Reg 113/2018, effective June 13, 2018.

Section 8 BEFORE amended by BC Reg 95/2016, effective April 20, 2016.

Section 8.1 was enacted by BC Reg 223/2013, effective November 5, 2013.

Section 8.1 (1), definition of "initial distribution", paragraph (a) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 95/2016, effective April 20, 2016.

(a) all of the authorizations are distributed;

Section 8.1 (1), definition of "previous recipient application", paragraph (b) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 95/2016, effective April 20, 2016.

(b) an application for a limited entry hunting authorization for a shared hunt in respect of which at least one member of the group with whom the hunt will be shared is a previous recipient;

Section 8.1 (2) to (7) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 95/2016, effective April 20, 2016.

(2) In conducting the lottery referred to in section 7, the director must ensure that

(a) the applications for the limited entry hunting authorizations that are to be distributed under that lottery are placed in an order that is determined randomly by means of the lottery, and

(b) subject to subsections (4) to (7), the limited entry hunting authorizations are distributed to the applicants on the basis of the ordering of the applications under paragraph (a).

(3) For the purposes of the ordering of applications under subsection (2) (a),

(a) a group application must be treated as a single application, and

(b) each application submitted by the members of a group that submitted a shared hunt application must be treated as a separate application.

(4) In the case of a lottery conducted in respect of limited entry hunting authorizations for

(a) bison, caribou, grizzly bear, mountain goat or mountain sheep, or

(b) elk for an area within M.U.s 4-1 to 4-9, 4-14 to 4-40, 7-1 to 7-58, 8-1 to 8-15 or 8-21 to 8-26,

during the initial distribution of authorizations under subsection (2) (b), authorizations must be distributed in respect of

(c) each application that is not a previous recipient application, and

(d) every second previous recipient application.

(5) In the case of a lottery conducted in respect of limited entry hunting authorizations for moose or for elk for an area within M.U.s 1-1 to 1-15 or 2-1 to 2-19, during the initial distribution of authorizations under subsection (2) (b), authorizations must distributed in respect of

(a) each application that is not a previous recipient application, and

(b) every third previous recipient application.

(6) After the initial distribution of limited entry hunting authorizations under subsection (2) (b), any remaining authorizations must be distributed, on the basis of the ordering of applications under subsection (2) (a), to applicants who did not receive an authorization as a result of the initial distribution.

(7) Despite this section, limited entry hunting authorizations must not be distributed in respect of a group application unless the number of authorizations remaining available for distribution is equal to or greater than the number of people in the group.

Section 8.1 (8) was added by BC Reg 95/2016, effective April 20, 2016.

Section 8.1 (1) definition of "previous recipient", paragraph (a) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 239/2017, effective December 18, 2017.

(a) in respect of an applicant for a limited entry hunting authorization for bison, caribou, grizzly bear, mountain goat or mountain sheep, an applicant who received, for the previous calendar year, a limited entry hunting authorization for the species that is applied for,

Section 8.1 (4) (a) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 239/2017, effective December 18, 2017.

(a) bison, caribou, grizzly bear, mountain goat or mountain sheep, or

Section 9 (1) (b) (i) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 38/2013, effective April 1, 2013.

(i)  in addition to being in possession of a valid limited entry hunting authorization, he or she is in possession of a valid B.C. resident hunting licence and a valid B.C. resident species licence, if required, for the species hunted, or

Section 9 (3) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 38/2013, effective April 1, 2013.

(3)  Despite subsections (1) and (2) and section 6 (2), a resident holding a valid junior hunting licence may hunt and kill a game species under the authority of the valid species licence and valid limited entry hunting authorization of an accompanying adult.

Section 9 (3.1) was added by BC Reg 266/2014, effective December 22, 2014.

Section 9 (3.2) was added by BC Reg 266/2014, effective April 1, 2015

Section 9 BEFORE re-enacted by BC Reg 113/2018, effective June 13, 2018.

Section 21 BEFORE amended by BC Reg 119/2022, effective May 20, 2022.

Section 22 BEFORE repealed by BC Reg 90/2016, effective April 14, 2016.

Section 23 BEFORE amended by BC Reg 39/2014, effective March 14, 2014.

Section 26.1 was enacted by BC Reg 66/2018, effective April 11, 2018.

Sections 26.2 were enacted by BC Reg 176/2018, effective August 27, 2018.

Section 26.2 BEFORE amended by BC Reg 30/2020, effective February 21, 2020.

Section 26.2 BEFORE repealed by BC Reg 84/2020, effective April 16, 2020.

Sections 26.3 were enacted by BC Reg 176/2018, effective August 27, 2018.

Section 26.3 BEFORE amended by BC Reg 30/2020, effective February 21, 2020.

Section 26.3 BEFORE repealed by BC Reg 84/2020, effective April 16, 2020.

Section 26.4 was enacted by BC Reg 84/2020, effective April 16, 2020.

Section 27 BEFORE amended by BC Reg 30/2020, effective February 21, 2020.

Section 27.2 was enacted by BC Reg 66/2018, effective April 11, 2018.

Section 27.3 was enacted by BC Reg 84/2020, effective April 16, 2020.

Section 27.3 BEFORE re-enacted by BC Reg 119/2022, effective May 20, 2022.

Section 27.3 (c) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 157/2022, effective June 27, 2022.

(c) item 603 (Smithers, M.U. 6-30, Sept 1-Sept 9 and Nov 16-Nov 20);

Section 29 (2) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 80/2012, effective July 1, 2012.

(2)  Despite subsection (1), a person issued a limited entry hunting authorization for elk in the Prince George limited entry hunting area may hunt on Crown land within 2 000 metres of any private land within M.U.s 7-02 to 7-05, 7-07 to 7-10, 7-12 to 7-15, 7-17 and 7-24.

Section 29.1 was added by BC Reg 90/2016, effective April 14, 2016.

Section 30 BEFORE amended by BC Reg 30/2020, effective February 21, 2020.

Section 30.1 was enacted by BC Reg 119/2022, effective May 20, 2022.

Section 31 BEFORE repealed by BC Reg 80/2012, effective July 1, 2012.

Section 32 BEFORE repealed by BC Reg 127/2017, effective March 31, 2017.

Section 33.1 BEFORE repealed by BC Reg 127/2017, effective March 31, 2017.

Section 33 BEFORE amended by BC Reg 30/2020, effective February 21, 2020.

Section 34 BEFORE amended by BC Reg 30/2020, effective February 21, 2020.

Schedule I, items 651 and 685 BEFORE repealed by BC Reg 251/2009, effective October 26, 2009.

Schedule I BEFORE re-enacted by BC Reg 77/2010, effective March 23, 2010.

Schedule I

[en. B.C. Reg. 143/2009, App. 5, s. 6; am. B.C. Reg. 251/2009, s. 2.]